Thai protestors close second airport
Demonstrators in Thailand have forced the closure of a second airport, while continuing to occupy the country's main international airport at the climax of months anti-government protests, stranding thousands of tourists. Bangkok's second airport, Don Mueang, had to be closed after protestors stormed the terminal to prevent officials... [continued]
The Thai airport occupation is part of a wider struggle 
Indian troops are exchanging fire with terrorists holding hostages in two luxury hotels in Mumbai after India suffered one of its deadliest terror attacks last night. At least 101 people have been killed, and 287 injured in the co-ordinated shootings and bombings at seven locations around the city. ... [continued]
The prime suspects for the deadly Mumbai attacks
‘British Fritzl’ motivated by greed
A man dubbed the 'British Josef Fritzl' after he fathered nine children by his two daughters was motivated by the child support payments he could collect, his sister-in-law has claimed. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons has been jailed for a minimum of 19 years, for raping... [continued]
Russia’s message to Obama
In a show of unity which is being interpreted as a challenge to the authority of the US, Venezuela and Russia have signed an agreement to promote the development of nuclear energy for civillian use. Venezuela's maverick president, Hugo Chavez, welcomed Russia's head of state, Dmitri Medvedev to... [continued]
Alexander Cockburn: Barack Obama has little to celebrate this Thanksgiving
American Transition: all the latest from Washington
House price fall slows down
New figures from Nationwide, the UK's biggest building society, show that house prices continued to fall in November, but that the slump became less sever, with a fall of only 0.4 per cent. In October, prices fell 1.3 per cent, said the bank. While prices have fallen by 13.9... [continued]
The business pages
The Mole: Labour MPs ask nervously 'What is plan B?'
UN to hand over Kosovo to EU
The UN Security Council has unanimously backed secretary-general Ban Ki-moon's plan to hand over peacekeeping duties in Kosovo, one of the states which emerged from the former Yugoslavia, to EU troops. Earlier this week both Kosovo and Serbia said they approved the suggestion that the 2,000-strong EU mission should... [continued]
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